ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A political donor and cable news commentator pleaded guilty Friday to federal criminal charges in what prosecutors described as a $30 million investment fraud scheme tied to his health-technology company.
Sreedhar Potarazu, 51, an ophthalmogist from Potomac, Maryland, was appointed to serve on the credentials

Robbie Martin, director of the documentary series ‘A Very Heavy Agenda,’ joins Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline’ to discuss how VICE became a government lapdog pushing pro-interventionist messaging to a millennial audience wary of the government.

MINNEAPOLIS --- Disney, Fox News, Bill Maher and former U.S. government officials -- seems like a pretty random list, right? Well, they have one surprising thing in common:
VICE.
No, I’m not talking about porn, gambling or drugs.
I’m talking about the multimedia empire that’s leading the mainstream media machine in producing “edgy”

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Mnar Muhawesh is founder, CEO and editor in chief of MintPress News, and is also a regular speaker on responsible journalism, sexism, neoconservativism within the media and journalism start-ups. She started her career as an independent multimedia journalist covering Midwest and national politics while focusing on civil liberties and social justice issues posting her reporting and exclusive interviews on her blog MintPress, which she later turned MintPress into the global news source it is today.
In 2009, Muhawesh also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media.
Muhawesh is also a wife and mother of a rascal four year old boy, juggling her duties as a CEO and motherly tasks successfully as supermom. Contact Mnar at mnar@mintpressnews.com.
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NEW YORK -- A former Fox News host has sued the network, its ousted chairman and other top executives, claiming they retaliated after she detailed unwanted sexual advances made by her onetime boss, Roger Ailes.

Andrea Tantaros described Fox in the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York,

Fox News correspondent Jesse Watters was shouted off the streets by the crowd at the “DNC Resistance March Against Police Terrorism and State Repression” Tuesday as he was attempting to conduct interviews with protesters.
Watters is known for his Fox segment “Watter’s World” in which he interviews people on the street. He did not have much

Following a barrage of allegations of sexual misconduct involving Fox News’ iconic CEO Roger Ailes, it seemed like it was only a formality before the departure was announced, and sure enough, moments ago it became official when Fox announced that Ailes has resigned as CEO and Chairman.
Full release:
Roger Ailes Resigns as